EditorZone Web Server Control Overview

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12/04/2014

The EditorZone Web Server control serves as the primary control in the Web Parts control set for hosting EditorPart controls on a Web page.

This topic contains:

Background
Code Examples
Class Reference

Background

A key feature of Web Parts is the ability of end users to personalize Web pages and save their personalized settings. One aspect of modifying Web Parts pages includes editing the appearance, layout, behavior, and other properties of the visible WebPart controls.

Several controls in the Web Parts control set provide the editing features. This includes the EditorZone control, which is the primary control in the Web Parts control set for hosting EditorPart controls on a Web page.

The following table provides a list of EditorPart controls that the EditorZone can host and a description of each.

EditorPart Control	Description
AppearanceEditorPart	Lets users customize the visual properties of a WebPart control at run time, such as the width, height, and title. For more information, see AppearanceEditorPart Web Server Control Overview.
BehaviorEditorPart	Lets users customize behavior properties of a WebPart control at run time, such as displaying minimize, close, and edit buttons. For more information, see BehaviorEditorPart Web Server Control Overview.
LayoutEditorPart	Lets users customize layout properties of a WebPart control at run time, such as selecting a minimized or normal state, or setting the index at which the control will appear within the target zone. For more information, see LayoutEditorPart Web Server Control Overview.
PropertyGridEditorPart	Lets users edit custom properties at run time that are declared as part of a WebPart control. For more information, see PropertyGridEditorPart Web Server Control Overview.

An EditorZone control becomes visible when a user puts a Web Parts page into edit mode.

For more information about display modes, see Walkthrough: Changing Display Modes on a Web Parts Page.

The EditorZone Web server control is a zone control. For more information about zones and how they are used in Web Parts applications, see Web Parts Control Set Overview, Walkthrough: Creating a Web Parts Page, and the WebZone class.

For an examples that shows the EditorZone class, see the "Example" section of EditorZone.